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Military history and reminiscences of the Thirteenth regiment of Illinois volunteer infantry in the civil war in the United States,1861-65 (1861) (14576062549)

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Military history and reminiscences of the Thirteenth regiment of Illinois volunteer infantry in the civil war in the United States,1861-65 (1861) (14576062549)

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Title: Military history and reminiscences of the Thirteenth regiment of Illinois volunteer infantry in the civil war in the United States,1861-65
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Illinois Infantry. 13th Regt., 1861-1864
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Publisher: Chicago, Woman's temperance publishing association
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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its and there remained. If General Morgan introduced this letter from GeneralThayer, for the opportunity which he seems to think he seesin it of proof to refute General Thayers charges againstDeCourcy, by parading the reported losses of DeCourcy asbeing greater, as he says, than those of Blair and Thayertogether, then Thayers letter proves too much. It proves that whatever losses DeCourcy met with, musthave been sustained before reaching the first line of rifle-pits,or, between the corduroy bridge and the first line of theenemys works ; for, beyond that, General Thayer declaresthat DeCourcy did not go ; and in so much, General Morgansstatement that DeCourcys loss was greater than that of Blairand Thayer together, while it may be technically true, is evasiveand misleading. The enemy, no doubt, poured their concen-trated, and most destructive fire on the advancing column ofDeCourcy, whose men, as General Morgan says, werejammed together, and afforded a better mark for his bat- -=...-- )
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illll < a. a o x * ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. 263 teries, than would the comparatively scattered men of Blair,advancing in line of battle. It proves that the regiment which General Thayer saw inthe ditch as he went over, and found still there when he wentback, was one of DeCourcys regiments ; for, all of Blairsregiments, and General Thayers one regiment were at thatvery moment away up in front fighting desperately ; whilethe four other regiments of Thayer never crossed the bayou atall. It proves that if General Steele was not mistaken when hesays, I say a part of the assaulting party turn their flankto the enemy in front of the second line of rifle-pits, and moveoff to the left behind the bank over which Blairs brigade hadpassed, and there remain until our troops commenced retreat-ing, that those troops must have been DeCourcys. It is worthy of notice, that General Morgan nowhere andnever, explicitly declares that any of his troops, except thosetwo brigades which he had borrowed

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